We can't allow hubs on the 7th tier as they would allow
devices on the 8th tier.
Signed-off-by: Felipe Balbi <felipe.balbi@nokia.com>
Cc: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
 #include "usb.h"
 #include "hcd.h"
 
-#define MAX_TOPO_LEVEL         6
-
 /* Define ALLOW_SERIAL_NUMBER if you want to see the serial number of devices */
 #define ALLOW_SERIAL_NUMBER
 
 
 
 #include <linux/rwsem.h>
 
+#define MAX_TOPO_LEVEL         6
+
 /* This file contains declarations of usbcore internals that are mostly
  * used or exposed by Host Controller Drivers.
  */
 
        desc = intf->cur_altsetting;
        hdev = interface_to_usbdev(intf);
 
+       if (hdev->level == MAX_TOPO_LEVEL) {
+               dev_err(&intf->dev, "Unsupported bus topology: "
+                               "hub nested too deep\n");
+               return -E2BIG;
+       }
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_USB_OTG_BLACKLIST_HUB
        if (hdev->parent) {
                dev_warn(&intf->dev, "ignoring external hub\n");